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China Busts 100 Monks After Attack on Police

Protest sparked by alleged suicide of police escapee

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 22, 2009 12:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – China arrested almost 100 monks after hundreds of Tibetans attacked a Chinese police station, the AP reports. Police nabbed six while 89 others, almost all monks, turned themselves in, said the state news agency. The uproar appeared to be over a Tibetan who disappeared after...   Read full story »

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